Gate-operating means.



J. DOYLE.

GATE OPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 51 1915- 1,183,284. I Patented 111213 16, 1916.

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J. DOYLE.

GATEOPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION man JUNE 5. 1915.

Patented May16,1916.'

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JAGOBDOYLE, .OF MARQUAND, MISSOURI.

GATE-OPERATING MEANS.

Application filed June 5, 1915. Serial No. 32,385.

useful Improvements in aGate-Operating Means, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to gates and more particularly toimprovedoperating means therefor. 1

The principal object ofthis invention isto provide a road gate havingmeans for opening and closing the same that can be operated from avehicle or the like and thus obviate the numerous inconveniencesincurred when it isnecessary to leave the vehicle to open a gate andafterward close the same. 1

Another object of this invention is to provide a gate, an operatingmeans therefor of the kind above set forth that is so constructed andthe parts thereof so arranged as to enable the gate to be always openedfrom the operator or, in other words, the gate always opened in thedirection the op erator wishes to go.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of adevice that is simple in construction, etficient in opera tion andconsists of a minimum number of parts.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed. i i i i In the accompanyingdrawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device; Fig. 2is a view in elevation of the improved gate, the fence to which the sameis attached being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theconnecting means for the operating rods with the gate; Fig. 4 is a viewin elevation of one of the posts used with this device; Fig. 5 is a viewin elevation of one of the rollers over which the operating cables pass,the said roller being shown in its housing.

Referring to the parts by reference numerals 1O denotes a gate postarranged between the end posts 11, 12'and 13 and an outer post which isarranged as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 on the opposite side of theroadway from the placement of the posts 10,

.11 and 12. Connecting the posts l0, l1. and

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PatentedMay. 16, 1916.

12, is a longitudinally extending connecting bar 14 and standards 15 arearranged intermediate the posts 10,11 and 12 and have portions 16thereof extending above the longitudinally extending bar 14. Suitablebracing means as indicated by the numeral 17 can beattached to thestandard 15 and the posts 11 and 12. The post 10 carries means 18 forreceiving the eyelets 20 on the gate .19 for swingingly securing thegate to the post 10. The gate 19 is of an ordinary frameconstructioncarrying a plate 20 that pivotally secures to the gate theangle latch member 21, one end of which projects through the top beam 22of the gate 19 and the other end passes through the beam 23 of the gate.The topbeam 22 of the gate 19 is positioned ina plane higherthan thelongitudinally extending bar 14 and one end of the beam 22 projectsbeyond the gate and over the beam 14 into an enlarged portion 24.Secured to this enlargement 24 of the beam 22 is a member to which theoperating cables are attached, the said member being so constructed asto include a pair of diverging arms 25. Pivotally secured to theenlargement 24 and above the aforementioned member that includes thearms 25, is a substantially V-shaped latch working lever 26, the samehaving, secured to the portion 27 thereof, a rod 28 that isattached toone end of the latch 21 and attached to the ends cables 30 are also.passed over the several spools and the opposite ends thereof arepositioned in proximity to the weights 35.

Each of the posts 11 and 12 have pockets formed in the same, saidpockets being designated by the numerals 26 and secured adjacent thesame are catches 37. The post 13 is provided with a cut-out 38 that hassecured adjacent thereto, a double catch 39 and a retaining plate 40that serves to retain the of the latch 21. in engagem nt with the catch39. Coil springs 41 are attached to the bar 14 and for a purpose thatwill be hereinafter set forth.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming the gate is in aclosed position as shown in Fig. 1 and the operator approaches in adirection by which he first reaches post 12, by movement of one of thelatch operating cables 30, one of the ends of which is in closeproximity to the post 12, the same will, by means of the V-shaped lever26, rock the latch 21 and thereby remove one end of the same fromengagement with the catch 39. Simultaneous with the operation of thelatch operating cable 30, the weight 35 adjacent the post 12 should bemoved downwardly and in that the weight is attached to one end of one ofthe operating cables 34, the gate 19 will be swung on the post 10 untilthe latch 21 engages the catch 37 carried by the post 11. After theoperator passes from the post 12 to post 11, it is necessary to returnthe gate to its original position, the end of one of the latch operating cables that is adjacent the post 11 is gripped and by movement ofthe same, the latch 21 is rocked and one of the coil springs 41 being inengagement with the gate and compressed when the gate is secured by thecatch 87, will expand and start the gate on its movement to assume itsclosed position, however, the operator can by moving the weight 35adjacent the post 11 downwardl aid in the closing of the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a gate has been provided andoperating means therefor by which the same can be efficiently opened andclosed with the minimum amount of effort on the part of the operator.Furthermore, the operating means is composed of the minimum number ofparts and is so constructed if any of the parts should be broken, thesame can be easily replaced. Special attention is called to the factthat if the gate is swung with great force to its closed position, theprotruding end of the Copies ot this patent may be obtained forfivecents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G."

latch 21 will not ride over the double catch 29, because the same willbe engaged by the retaining plate 40 and thus the gate is prevented fromswinging inadvertently from post 11 to post 12.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the material partsthereof. It is therefore not wished to confine the invention to theexact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include allsuch as properly come within the scope claimed;

Whatis claimed is: I j

1. A gate, supportingmeans for said gate, latch means on said gateincluding an angular latch member pivotally secured to said gate havingone end thereof projecting be yond the end thereof and the opposite endof the same projecting beyond the top of said gate, a rod secured to thelast mentioned end of said latch member, a pivotally secured link onsaid gate for receiving one end of said rod, cables secured to said gatefor moving the same, a plurality of housings carried by the said supportpulleys in said housings over which said cables are trained, anddetachable plates on said housings hav-' ing openings therein throughwhich said cables pass whereby said cables are guided over said pulleysand are prevented from becoming removed therefrom.

2. In a gate operating means, a gate,

cables secured to said gate for moving the same, a plurality of pulleysover which said cables are trained, and detachableplates on said housinghaving openings therein through which the cables pass whereby saidcables are guided over the pulleys.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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M- A. Mvi-inn, B. J on WILSON.

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